James A. "Jim" Harvey

James A. "Jim" Harvey


Alston & Bird LLP

Recognized since 2008

Atlanta, Georgia

Practice Areas

Information Technology Law

IT Outsourcing Law

Privacy and Data Security Law

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Jim is a partner in the Technology and Privacy Group and co-chairs the firm’s Privacy & Security task force and the firm’sCybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team.

Jim’s practice involves board-level and enterprise-wide issues at the intersection of global cybersecurity, privacy, technology and data initiatives. Given his decades-long experience in the technology space, Jim was one of the first lawyers in the United States to focus on the criticality of privacy and data management issues for global corporations. This immersion in technology and data matters motivated Jim to found both the firm’s Privacy & Security task force and the firm’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, well before other firms realized these issues faced their clients. Today, Jim and these teams assist multinational clients from a wide array of industries with a full spectrum of cyber, privacy and technology issues, adversarial matters and transactions, including everything from preparing companies and their boards for cybersecurity risks, responding to network intrusion and other security incidents, collecting, storing, processing and monetizing personal and corporate data around the globe, and acquiring technology and services in today’s networked world.

Location
  • One Atlantic Center
    1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 4900
    Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Education
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., graduated 1988
  • University of Arkansas, BA, graduated 1983
Bar Admissions
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
Affiliations
  • CompTIA Cybersecurity Advisory Counsel - Member
  • Free Software Foundation’s efforts to develop version 3.0 of the General Public License - Active participant
  • Atlanta International School - Member, Board of Trustees
  • Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of Georgia - Member
  • Phi Beta Kappa - Member

Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Privacy and Data Security Law, Atlanta (2024)
  • Information Technology Law, Atlanta (2020)
  • Information Technology Law, Atlanta (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Information Technology Law
  • IT Outsourcing Law
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
  • Outsourcing
Awards:
  • Selected as an “IP Star” by Managing IP for 2013-present
  • Recognized as one of Georgia’s “Super Lawyers” for a number of years
  • International Who’s Who of Information Technology Lawyers 2013-present
  • Recognized for a number of years as one of America's leading lawyers in business process outsourcing by Chambers USA.
  • Recognized for a number of years as one of “America's Leading Lawyers” for information technology matters.
  • Recommended IT lawyer in Georgia by IT Law Experts (2014)

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